New AMD s939 Opteron Information

This prolly should end up as a sticky, but that's up to the mods.

1.) I was informed today by Avnet, AMD's Tier 1 distributor for their processors, that AMD was cracking down on sales of s939 Opterons.

2.) This essentially means that only smaller ISVs (Integrated Service Vendors), VARs (Value Added Resellers), and System Builders would be allowed access to AMD stocking of these processors.

3.) Newegg, et al. will be effectively removed from the OEM processor sales of s939 Opterons. My district manager did not specify if this was also the case for retail procs, but he did emphasize that Newegg would not be getting these parts.

4.) AMD will be drop shipping all Opteron s939 parts. This is part inventory control and part screening. AMD has to approve each company/person for accessing these parts.

so, word to the wise: get 'em while you can. it's going to get a LOT tougher now.


dave

Doh!!!

wow i'm glad i got mine when i did, but from you're post i don't think i really understand why they are doing this? you'd think amd would want to sell as many opterons as possible, i'd imagine they bring more money... maybe they know the overclockers are buying them instead of fx57's?

Originally Posted by Elysian

wow i'm glad i got mine when i did, but from you're post i don't think i really understand why they are doing this? you'd think amd would want to sell as many opterons as possible, i'd imagine they bring more money... maybe they know the overclockers are buying them instead of fx57's?

precisely the point. AMD finally realized that their high margin part (the FX series) was getting bastardized by cheap, fast, and highly overclockable processors.

then again, i AM a small ISV, so....what do i care?

dave

thing is though, their fx line is just so expensive, i honestly don't see why they would do this... more people aren't going to buy fx's, just less people will be buying their opterons... its a lose lose imo

Originally Posted by Elysian

thing is though, their fx line is just so expensive, i honestly don't see why they would do this... more people aren't going to buy fx's, just less people will be buying their opterons... its a lose lose imo

i guess you've got it reasoned out better than all the AMD executives.. those fools

Originally Posted by Elysian

thing is though, their fx line is just so expensive, i honestly don't see why they would do this... more people aren't going to buy fx's, just less people will be buying their opterons... its a lose lose imo

but remember, the FX has always been positioned as the "top of the line" CONSUMER part. Opterons have always been SMB/Enterprise processors. when you start blurring the lines, you lose margin and ASPs.

dave

nooooo, when will these sieze supply to retailers for normal consumers?

Originally Posted by hero123

nooooo, when will these sieze supply to retailers for normal consumers?

was told "going forward." I'd assume that AMD is fulfilling outstanding orders and then cutting to their new restrictions.

dave

Originally Posted by dave_graham

but remember, the FX has always been positioned as the "top of the line" CONSUMER part. Opterons have always been SMB/Enterprise processors. when you start blurring the lines, you lose margin and ASPs.

dave

QFT.

Originally Posted by dave_graham

was told "going forward." I'd assume that AMD is fulfilling outstanding orders and then cutting to their new restrictions.

dave

yessssss... well thats a relief.

sure...that also means "once they're out, they're out."

dave

but your still going to be getting them right dave?

Originally Posted by Erasmus354

but your still going to be getting them right dave?

*cough, cough*

in deference to the rules of the forum, that question can be answered offline.

or, click here

dave

Originally Posted by dave_graham

*cough, cough*

in deference to the rules of the forum, that question can be answered offline.

or, click here

dave

haha nicely done.

Originally Posted by sumofatguy

haha nicely done.

i AM funny....should tweak the logo with my face, eh?

dave

Originally Posted by dave_graham

i AM funny....should tweak the logo with my face, eh?

dave

You should do it like Che Guevara!

anyone l33t with photoshop? hehehe

dave

Should i be glad i ordered one three days ago?

what is photoshop?

Originally Posted by RegisteredToPost

Should i be glad i ordered one three days ago?

what is photoshop?

yeah 'cos i think you're going to notice a pretty tight supply over the next quarter or so

dave